Shortcut and terminal command not working

[andreicorpo]

The menu doesn't open when pressing the global hotkey, nor does it run when using it from the terminal (neither when piping into it)

[Akhilkrishnauk]

same issue here, it only runs if you double click the app from finder or use spotlight to run it

[berry]

Installed 0.7.2 via brew. I am on a Mac M1, Monterey. But can not get the global key to work. Tried different global keys. Spotlight is slow and I like the idea of having a lightweight app launcher.

[tigger04]

I got it working by setting a hotkey in Hammerspoon to execute open -a dmenu-mac (this would also work from terminal or another hotkey program like simple hotkey skhd

[z9fr]

what you can also do is setup a startup task or cronjob which will execute dmenu-mac in after login

[realshovanshah]

From first impressions, what I understand is that you need to keep the dmenu-mac command running (perhaps using a multiplexer like gnu screen or a cronjob as z9fr mentioned) and then use the global shortcuts as you'd with "spotlight".

Or, of course, as mentioned above, this can be used with the open command as a part of one's normal dmenu-like workflows.